News Copyrightability of LLM-generated code: Can we license “vibe code” into Free Software? on: 2026-08-25 The use of large language models (“LLMs”) has exploded in recent years, including in the generation of source code. But even as their usage gains popularity, these trends bring with them pressing legal questions as well: if code is generated by an LLM, is that code copyrightable? And if so, who owns the copyright to that generated code? It is important for developers to know how to answer these questions, because copyright is a foundational pillar of the legal framework that suppo
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